User blog comment:Hayds126/The Pokémon Go “Fans”/@comment-31267872-20180524195825/@comment-32358261-20180525002240

Pretty much. Pokémon go had potential to become as big as the Pokémon craze of the 90s. While very popular in 2016 it couldn’t have been much better if they waited another year.

Or if nintendo found a better company to work on it